The Brittany: Amateurs Training with Professionals will enable amateur pointing dog trainers to train hunting dogs that they will be proud of and field trial dogs that will win. While emphasis is on the Brittany, this book will help...
The Brittany: Amateurs Training with Professionals will enable amateur pointing dog trainers to train hunting dogs that they will be proud of and field trial dogs that will win. While emphasis is on the Brittany, this book will help people who train pointing dogs become better trainers. The information in this book emphasizes a step-by-step training process and focuses on the logical progression of the steps. Field trialers and trainers Martha H. Greenlee and David A. Webb (author of A Feisty Little Pointing Dog) have combined their decades of experience with the expertise of the country's top Brittany pros to create an immensely useful guide for anyone who is interested in working with Brittanys.
Chapter | Page # |
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Chapter One: Picking a Pup and Getting Started | 1 |
Chapter Two: Using Birds for Field Training | 7 |
Chapter Three: Introducing Bird and Gunfire | 14 |
Chapter Four: Training During the First Eighteen Months | 25 |
Chapter Five: Beginning Yard Work | 43 |
Chapter Six: Training With the E-Collar | 52 |
Chapter Seven: Teaching Steady-to-Wing-and-Shot | 86 |
Chapter Eight: Providing Additional Training | 74 |
Chapter Nine: Talking with Professionals | 82 |
Chapter Ten: Reflecting | 92 |
Appendix A: Resources | 96 |
Appendix B: Recalling Quail | 98 |
Appendix C: Scent | 191 |
Appendix D: The Brittany in America | 112 |
Illustration | Page # |
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Tethering a Pigeon | 8 |
Dizzying a Pigeon | 9 |
Puppy Stalking a Quail | 16 |
Introducing Gunfire | 21 |
Hiding from a Puppy | 26 |
Three Dog Stakeout | 31 |
Dog in a Roading Harness Dragging a Cable | 35 |
The Training Collar | 43 |
Positioning the Training Collar | 46 |
Hand Resting on the Transmitter | 57 |
Testing a Dog's Comprehension of "Whoa" | 59 |
Bringing a Dog Downwind of the Scent | 67 |
Backing a Silhouette | 77 |
Quail Feeder | 100 |
Pre-Re-releasing System for Quail | 102 |
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